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The San Jose Sharks made one of the biggest trades of the NHL offseason when they acquired top goalie prospect Yaroslav Askarov from the Nashville Predators. As

NHL: Yaroslav Askarov will be available Monday when the San Jose Sharks face the Detroit Red Wings at SAP Center

Yaroslav Askarov is the San Jose Sharks top goalie prospect and earned his first recall to the NHL on Monday. Vitek Vanecek suffered an upper-body injury on Saturday during the first period of the Sharks game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Mackenzie Blackwood will start for the Sharks tonight with Askarov as backup against the Detroit Red Wings.

The Sharks would sign Askarov to a two-year contract worth $2 million annually just hours after the trade. The Sharks have used the last few years to build what's considered to be